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Upcoming Events

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Futures Hub

Futures 101

Dienstag, 3. März 2015, 19:00 Uhr, im Colab Zürich

Welcome to our first meetup!

In a series of meetings we explore how rapidly evolving technologies work, and how they might best be put to use to tackle humanity's grand challenges. We attempt to differentiate between hype and possible futures, and make it tangible by speaking with the actual experts working on the technology. In this meeting I will share some of the insights I gained during my visit to Singularity University at the NASA research park in Mountain View.

Kaspar Etter will then introduce some thinking points about artificial intelligence.

Following the talks we will have time for Q&A and informal discussion.

Product Hunt Zurich

All about the hottest products and startups made in Switzerland

Donnerstag, 5. März 2015, 18:30 Uhr, im Colab Zürich

Product Hunt is a “a must-read for those in the tech and startup space to discover the next great product” (Business Insider). Product Hunt Zurich aims to bring together the growing Product Hunt community in Switzerland by organizing local meetups.The first Product Hunt meetup in Switzerland will take place on March 05, 2015 at 18:30 at Colab Zurich. Join us for a remarkable event which will be all about the hottest products and startups made in Switzerland.

International Women's Day 2015

Miss Representation

Sonntag, 8. März 2015, 18:30 Uhr, im ***Impact Hub Zürich***

A screening of the thought-provoking docu-film "Miss Representation" followed by a panel discussion. The event is timed to coincide with celebrations for International Women's Day 2015. The screening and panel discussion will be in English. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, "Miss Representation" exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media's limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful.

Quantified Self Zurich Meetup

Show and Tell of various personal self-tracking tools and methods

Dienstag, 10. März 2015, 18:00 Uhr, im Colab Zürich

The Zürich Quantified Self meetup is modelled on the Bay Area Quantified Self 'Show & Tell' meetings started in 2008 by Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly in the Bay Area. This is a regular show and tell for people who take advantage of various personal self-tracking tools and methods to gain more knowledge about themselves, others and the world around them. Come share what you are doing and learn from others.

GOTO Nights; Unplugged

Network! Exchange ideas! Get creative! Engage!

Dienstag, 17. März 2015, 18:00 Uhr, im Colab Zürich

We would like to try a new kind of GOTO Night in March. Normally we host a GOTO Night every time we have a Scrum course in order for Jeff Sutherland or Alistair Cockburn to join us on stage. But since we have less courses in 2015, we would naturally have less GOTO Nights. We want to change that! After talking to some of you at our previous GOTO Night, I realized that it might be interesting to try a more practitioner-based approach to a GOTO Night. A night where like-minded people meet to network, share ideas and work in different ways to learn from each other. There will be no “famous” speaker – just you, us and our agile minds. Depending on how many will attend, it can be anything from a discussion, a lean coffee model, or open space. We bring to you: “GOTO Nights; Unplugged”.

Software Craftsmanship Meetup

Legacy Code Factoring Night

Mittwoch, 18. März 2015, 18:00 Uhr, im Colab Zürich

In modern software development developers are often confronted with Legacy Code. In the last decade many techniques have surfaced to improve quality of the built systems, however these focus mostly on new systems. When developers attempt to apply these techniques to Legacy Code they are faced with many different problems. Our goal is to provide a controlled environment where developers can practice techniques designed to address common issues during Legacy Code refactoring. We'll attempt to safely refactor an existing system using TDD, Pair-Programming and many other techniques. Bring your laptop and favourite IDE. We have tha codez in different languages.

Pantalks - tech & non-tech talks

How we make design decisions

Donnerstag, 19. März 2015, 18:30 Uhr, im Colab Zürich

"What is easier to decide, building a reactor or building a bicycle shed? Why do photographers put moles on models’ faces? Should you trust a designer acting on a hunch? Should you trust any individual at all or should you go for the wisdom of crowds? Or decide based on guidelines? I'll talk about such things, or something very similar. I haven't really decided yet."

The talk is held by Zoltan Gocza. User experience and product guy. Loves working at the intersection of data and gut instinct. Fights design misconceptions and contrast criminals. Not too bad at 8-bit games either.

Scala hands-on session

Zurich Scala Enthusiasts

Dienstag, 24. März 2015, 18:00 Uhr, im Colab Zürich

We have organized another hands-on session! Let's join again and have some fun with Scala! Please bring a Notebook with you and make sure to have a working environment with SBT and the IDE of your choice. Please bring your own idea that you would like to discuss and work on. We will start the session with sharing them and then form some groups around most popular topics.

Ember.js Meetup

Opportunity Collaboration

“Enlighten us, but make it quick!”

Freitag, 27. März 2015, 18:30 Uhr, im Colab Zürich

Come and join us for Ignite Zürich, where we will be featuring a long list of excellent speakers and you're sure to discover something unexpected and delightful.Registrations at 18:30Talks begins at 19:00

ETH Entrepreneur Club

Bringing entrepreneurial-minded people together to foster entrepreneurship among students.

Zurich

The Entrepreneur Club is a student initiative at ETH Zurich to bring entrepreneurial-minded people together and to foster entrepreneurship among students. Through startup events and our community, we provide a platform to develop ideas, build teams and exchange experience. Find more details in our constitution.

Lean startup Zürich

A group for anyone interested in the application of lean methodologies in start up and existing companies, big and small including and beyond software and web development.

Zurich

Taking the ideas of Eric Ries, Alex Osterwalder, Steve Blank and others and discussing how we can advance the science in any and every sector and industry. More importantly - meet like minded people and get inspired to put theory into practice!

Frontend Conference

3 days of inspiring talks where Design meets Technology

Zurich

The «Frontend Conference Association» is a non-profit association, currently run by 7 web professionals from Zurich in their spare time. The web design community has been good to us and we think this is a good way to return the favor.

We see our conference as a community event and a great opportunity to meet and learn from brilliant people. That's why we try to keep ticket prices a low as possible to make an event that is affordable for everyone. On top of that we have a free live stream of both tracks and all talks and offer the videos online for free only a few minutes after the talks are finished.

Transmedia Zürich

Telling a connected story over different platforms or through different channels.

Zurich

Transmedia Zurich is about building a community and sharing knowledge on how technology can transform stories. How do we make sense of the multitude of publishing platforms that exist and how can we use them to tell effective stories in our increasingly fragmented world?

Griesbach Consulting fosters the strategic agility of organizations to help secure long-term success by balancing focus and flexibility. The consulting boutique is specialized in the development of corporate strategies, business model innovation as well as lean innovation and lean startup approaches.

Recomy

Upfront

We help you tell better stories.

Zurich

Get the power over your content back: Let us make tedious publishing processes a thing of the past. We want you to have more freedom telling and more fun crafting your stories. Use the web’s full potential: We love the web—and we love the possibilities it offers. You too should be able to exloit its full potential. Tell stories in a way that is appropriate for your audience and the web.

By connecting art, electrical engineering and computer programing, Zé delivers fully tailor-made and highly innovative experiences. Interactive graphics and animations, generative design, software prototyping, sound design, sensors & site specific reactive installations are just some of the elements that can be interconnected to deliver a full and adapted product either for art or business.

ELANCE

Hire Great Freelancers

Find freelancers at the world's most-trusted online workplace

Elance is where businesses go to find, hire, collaborate with and pay top online freelancers from 170+ countries. A community of over 2.5 million freelancers and 500,000 businesses, on Elance it's easy to hire a top freelancer. Find a developer, freelance designers or other talented freelancers with the most-demanded skills.

Every single contact, every single event, every single project provides a story in daily business life.

by Panter AG

The stories begin, come together, intertwine. Our vision is to connect these stories in a new CRM application. On 15th September 2014 the project started and two weeks later, we already had a first byproduct to share; storyline. It’s still in an early beta stage and many more features will be added. Nevertheless, we would appreciate if you sign in, test it and in particular, give us feedback about it! Cheers!

Smoolis is a simple, multilingual store creator for everyone who wants to build within a few clicks a professional online store. No installation, maintenance or upgrade needed & no programming skills are necessary. It's a user-friendly platform and has a visually appealing interface. All themes are free and responsive, there are no hidden fees. Now It's easy to speak your customer's language. You have the complete control over your chosen languages.

About

Colab Zurich is a coworking and event space where startups, hackers, onliners and creators create tomorrows solutions by collaborating interdisciplinary.

Work in the quiet Classic Space or have a coffee and a discussion in the lively Creative Space. You decide day by day. We also host a number of famous tech and creative events which you can join before or after work.

Check in with us and enjoy the first day at Colab for free. Then sign up for another day, a week or even longer.

We are a software engineering office specialized in building and running business-critical, long-lasting and efficient IT solutions. We focus on our customer's benefits. We pursue excellence, practice transparency and foster education. We all love our job, working collaboratively and learning from each other. That's why we support Colab Zurich.

GRAFIK2 was founded in 2008 by Janine Fuchs and Stephan Kauflin, both Graphic Designers and Art Directors. In 2013 Nahani Berke, Junior Graphic Designer, joined the team. Our projects consist of concepts or realisations across tangible and digital media in the field of Corporate Design, Information Design, Editorial Design and Interaction Design. Our clients are private persons, startups, small and large companies and institutions. Next to the visual parts we're captivated by context cultures and the enhanced (physical) experience therein.

collaborations

An offer for our members who love to travel or for those who long for a change of scenery: If you are a member of Colab Zurich you have the possibility to work up to five days for free at the co-working spaces listed below. Of course, this deal is also applicable vice-versa. Meaning, members of the following Colabs can work up to five days for free at Colab Zurich. Just drop us an email before your visit stating your name, membership and contact details.